Window-fixture



A. HELLMUTH.

WINDOW FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, I920- Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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A. HELLMUTH.

WINDOW FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1920.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

2 SHETS-SHEET Z- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTIN HELLMUTH, OF WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-FIXTURE.

To all to have it may concern Be it known that I, AUoUsrriN HELLMUTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Test New York, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-FiXtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to window shade and curtain holders or supports and has for an object to provide a holder for supporting one or more shades or curtains which can be permanently attached to the window frame, and which can be adjusted at will to lower the shades and curtains from the top of the window any desired amount or to place the upper edges of the shades approximately on a level with the middle sash.

A further object is to provide a combined window shade and curtain holder which is adjustable vertically at will, and which by the interchange of a few parts can be adapted to receive one or two roller shades, or a drapery curtain, or all of them.

A further object is to provide a device of this kind which is simple and durable in construction and operation, attractive in appearance and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will. be ap-' parent from the following description and the novel features of my invention will be particularly pointed out in claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window frame which has been provided with an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation, with certain of the parts in section, of the means employed for supporting the shade rollers and curtaln at one end.

Fig. 8 IS a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 1s a front elevation of the means employed for supporting the shade rollers and curtain at their other end.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of'the same.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, with a portion of the casing broken away, of one of the keepers.

Fig. 7 is a section of one of the interchangeable parts, and supporting rods.

Fig. 8 is a perspective of one of the parts.

Fig. 9 is a section of one of the interchangeable parts and a supporting rod as used without the curtain attachment, and

Fig. 10 is a section of another of the inter- Specification of Letters latent. Patented A 23 1921 Application filed May 25, 1920.

Serial No. 384,141.

changeable parts and a supporting rod as used without the curtain attachment.

In the illustrated embodiment, I provide upon each of the opposite side walls of the window frame 1, a keeper or retainin device 2, in the end walls of each of which is slidably and adjustably mounted a supporting rod 3. The keeper or retaining device 2 comprises a casing l carrying ears 5 through which pass screws 6 for attachin the same to the window frame 1. U-shaped plate 7 having alined apertures in arms 8 thereof and through which apertures the rod 3 passes, is disposed between the casing l and the window frame, with the arms 8 extending from the ends of the casing. The plate 7 is secured to the frame 1 by suitable attaching means 9, and the arms 8 act as guides for the rod 3. Within the casing is a U-shaped clutch member 10 which has alined apertures in its ends through which the rod passes. A spring 11 reacts bet-ween a wall of the casing and the member 10 and causes the walls of the apertures in the member 10 to grip the rod which passes therethrough and frictionally retain the same in any adjusted position. A button 12 which is disposed for sliding movement in one wall of the casing, and which is accessible for manual operation from without the casing, carries a plate 13 within the casing and spanning the free ends of the clutch member 10 by means of which the clutch member can be manually shifted at will against the action of spring 11 to release the rod and permit vertical. adjustment of the rod. The rods 3 are provided with similarly numbered scales 14 by the use of spending points of the scale in alinement with corresponding ends of the casing.

Upon the upper ends of each of the rods 3 I mount either of the bracket members 15 or 16, depending upon the number of shade rollers to be supported. When two rollers are to be used, the bracket 16 is employed, while if only one roller is to be used, the bracket 15 is applied to the rods. These brackets can be threaded upon the upper ends of the rods or detached therefrom as desired. The bracket 16 is provided with two oppositely extending lateral extensions 17 and 18 which are preferably arranged at difierent vertical levels in order to have the the necessary clearance. The extensions 17 and 18 of each of the brackets 16 are pro vided with shouldered bosses 19 and 20, respectively, upon which are pivotally suspended the shade roller supporting means.

The roller supporting means at one side of the window comprises a link 21 upon each boss 19 and 20 having a slot 22 at its lower end for receiving the non-rotating pin 23 of a shade roller 24, the roller pin 23 being secured within the slot and also against rotation by a set screw or clamp 25. The roller supporting means at the opposite side of the window comprises a link 26 upon each boss 19 and 20 of the bracket member 16 that is located at that end, and a link 27 pivotally connected to the free ends of each link 26. The link 27 may have a hook 28 upon its free end for hooking over the headed pin 29 of a roller 24, or it may have merely an aperture 30 for receiving the threaded end of a pin 31 of a roller 24. In the latter case, the link 27 is held upon the pin 31 by a nut 32. Either or both of these connections between the links 27 and the rollers 24 may be employed as desired. The

. links 21 and 26 are held upon their bosses by headed screws 33 and 34.

' The screws 33 and 34 upon the upper extensions are longer than those upon the lower extensions and each carries pivotally thereon between the head and the boss an arm 35, having its free end bent outwardly to clear the upper edge of the window frame. The free ends of the arms are nonmotatably connected to an ordinary curtain or drapery pole 36 which extends therebetween. If the use of the curtain pole 36 is not desired, screws 38 of the same size as those upon the lower extensions will replace the screws upon the upper extension, and the arms 35 and pole 36 will be removed. If only one shade roller 24 is desired, the brackets 15 will be placed upon the rods 3 in place of brackets 16. The brackets 15 eachhave merely one boss 37 upon which a link 21 or 26 is pivoted, the latter being held thereon by a screw 38; If the curtain pole is to be used with but one shade roller, longer screws I are employed and the arms 35 are carried thereon asin the case of the brackets 16.

In use, the device may be asesmbled as indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. The shade rollers are supported one slightly forward and also slightly above or below the other.

. The shades can be'operated in the usual manner as desired, and the curtains or draperies may .be carried by the pole 36. If now one wishes to lower the window sash from the-top to provide for ventilation, the buttons 12 may bedepressed to release the rods 3 and permit their movement by the operator to a lower level. The scales u on the rods 3 enable the operator to ascertain when the rollers are level by setting the rods at equal heights. If a considerable downward movement is desired, the device can be lowered by a series of small movements alternately at op site sides, as indicated by dotted lines in ig. 1, the movements being permitted .by the articulated connections between the rollers and brackets. The shades and curtain thus will not im ede the entrance of air at the top of the window frame, when the upper window sash is lowered or be soiled as quickly by smoke or dust carried by the incoming air. When the window sash is shifted back to closed position the buttons 12 can be operated to release the rods and permit them to be shifted upwardly into their normal u per sition. This raising and lowering o the s ades is also often desirable in regulating the admittance of sunlight into a room either at the top or bottom of a window, and the necessity of a double set of shades permanently secured adjacent the middle sash piece of windows, is eliminated. If a person wishes to change the number of shades at a window, or use or dispense with a. curtain or drapery, the brackets can be interchanged to correspond with the number 'of shades, and the curtain supporting arms can be removed or attached at will. This device is therefore readily adjustable to varying needs or desires.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the embodiment herein described and illustrated within the principle and scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A fixture for a window frame comprising a pair of rods slidably fitted to opposite sides of the window frame, brackets carried by the rods, independent shade supporting arms pivoted to the brackets, one of said arms being jointed, and keepers engaging the rods.

2. A fixture for a window frame comprising a pair of rods slidably fitted to opposite sides of the window frame, brackets carried by the rods and having upper and lower lateral extensions, independent arms pivoted to said extensions, and a pair of shade rollers hung in said arms.

3. A fixture for a window frame comprising a pair of rods slidably fitted to opposite sides of the window frame, brackets carried by the rods and having upper and lower lateral extensions, arms pivoted to said extension's, a pair of shade rollers hung in said arms, additional arms extending upward from the brackets and pivoted thereto, and a curtain pole supported by said additional arms.

4. A fixture for a window frame, comprising a pair of supports fitted to said frame for adjustment at will vertically to and retenti on at any desired height, shade supporting means having independent articulated connections with the supports, arms pivoted to said supports and a curtain pole carried by the free ends of the arms.

5. A fixture for a window frame comprising a pair of keepers adapted to be fixed to the frame, a pair of rods, one slidable in and retained in any adjusted position by each of said keepers, means for releasing said rods from the action of the keepers to permit of their vertical adjustniient, shade roller sup porting means having articulated connections to the upper ends of the rods, arms pivoted to each of said rods adjacent their upper ends, and a curtain pole rigidly carried by the free ends of the arms.

6. A fixture for a Window frame comprising a pair of rods, moans attachable to said frame and supporting said rods for vertical adjustment along the frame, a plurality of brackets attachable s-lectively to the upper ends of the rods for supporting one or more shade rollers thereon, shade roller supporting means having articulated connections to said brackets, arms pivotally attachable to each of said brackets, and a curtain pole rigidly car *ied by the free ends of the arms.

'1". A fixture for a window frame for sup-- porting a shade roller having a flat end pin and a headed round pin comprising a pair of rods independently and adjustably fitted to opposite sides of the window frame, a link pivoted to the upper end portion of each rod for movement in a plane parallel with the Window, one of the links having a slot for receiving and non-rotatably supporting the fiat end pin of the roller, a member for rotatably supporting at one end the round pin behind. its head and pivoted at its other end to the free end of the other link for movement in a plane parallel with the window.

8. A fixture for a window comprising a pair of rods fitted to opposite sides of the window frame for independent vertical adjustment, a link pivoted to the upper end portion of each rod, for movement in a plane parallel with the window, a shade roller having its flat end pin non-rotatably supported in the free end of one of the links, a member secured to the other end of the roller for rotatably mounting the same and having an articulate connection to the free end of the other link for permitting movement of the member parallel with that of the links.

9. A fixture for a window comprising a pair of rods fitted to the opposite sides of the window frame for independent vertical adjustment, a screw extending laterally from the upper end portion of each rod, a link pivotally held upon the upper end portion of each red by said screw, a roller shade operably su liported by the free ends of the links with articulated connections thereto, arms also pivotally held upon the upper end portions of the rods by said screws, and a curtain pole carried by the free ends of the arms.

10. A "fixture for a window frame con1- prising a pair of rods slidably fitted to oppd site sides of the window frame, independent links pivoted to the upperend portions of the rods for movement in planes parallel with the window, and a shade roller operahly supported in the free ends of the links.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my signature.

AUGUSTIN HELLMUTH. 

